11.0% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Runaway Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Runaway Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Runaway Bay. While 11% of residents use another language at home, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 83.6% of residents, with Mandarin as the most common second language at 1.7%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.3% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Runaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309031240/runaway-bay/topic/language